“The frontier corps (paramilitary force) had launched an operation against insurgents of the Baloch Liberation Army in Sangan area since Friday and gradually closed on them Saturday evening, killing 10 insurgents and destroying three training camps,” Anwaar Kakar, spokesperson for the provincial government told AFP.

The provincial home minister Sarfaraz Bugti said 12 insurgents were also arrested, adding that a local leader of the Baloch Liberation Army was among the dead.

Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but least developed and most sparsely populated province, has been wrecked for decades by a insurgency that was revived in 2004.

The separatists believe that locals do not receive a fair share of the province’s energy and mineral wealth, while rights groups accuse the government of extra judicial detentions and the killing of activists.

The province is also blighted by religious extremists, banditry and sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

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The separatists believe that locals do not receive a fair share of the province’s energy and mineral wealth, while rights groups accuse the government of extra judicial detentions and the killing of activists.

This is so true but bigger province just wants to steal everything and then calls Baluchis wrong. Same story is being repeated in other smaller provinces.Recommend

The Justification of these so called Baloch Separatist out of the box that they are not getting their due share, Dears, if this is the case then this is happening in the whole country, so it doesn’t mean everyone will take guns and start retaliating against Government. Time has come for these so called separatist to have direct discussion and boycott this insurgency.Recommend